This pipeline, jointly owned by Thyssengas and Open Grid Europe, supplies natural gas to Düsseldorf, Ratingen and Hilden since 1930. It is located in the so called “Aaper Schneise” in the Aaper Forest. Because of its age and deterioration the pipeline had to be rehabilitated, construction took place from April 2016 to the beginning of 2017.

The pipeline was rebuilt along the exact same corridor and buried under about 1 metre of soil. Additionally a “cathodic protection” system was installed to protect against corrosion.

The rehabilitation spans a length of 2.5km, the pipeline has a diameter of 70cm. For the working width of 14m it was necessary to cut several trees.

After the construction extensive reforestation took place, the horse trail and hiking/biking path have also been restored and upgraded.

I’ve created a photographic record of the whole construction phase. The documentaion consists of monthly galleries and some 360° panoramas or photospheres from the beginning of the rehabilitation.

Open a gallery with left-clicking a thumbnail to open the viewer. The gallery can be navigated with the arrow icons or cursor keys. You can leave the gallery by left-clicking the “x” in the right top corner.

The panoramas open after left-clicking the play-button in a separate window. Double-click to switch to full-screen and back. You can move the panorama by holding the left mouse-button and then move the mouse or with the control icons.

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